Daniel Spooner

• Professor of professional practice at Polytechnique Montréal

The pandemic was initially seen as a crisis and detriment to Engineering Education in Canada; however, in hindsight it will likely be viewed as a catalyst for transformation. A collaborative response amongst several national initiatives grew into the Engineering Collaboration for Online and Remote Education/Collaboration pour l’ingénierie enseignée...

The CDIO Initiative is going through a process of reconsidering and updating the CDIO approach for engineering education development. Previous work resulted in substantial updates of the twelve CDIO standards and the introduction of "optional" CDIO standards. This paper reports on a similar review and update of the CDIO Syllabus to version 3.0. It...

Over the last decades, the use of multibody dynamics in biomechanics research has grown considerably and holds significant promises for the health and biomedical industries. Nowadays, it allows estimating internal data of the body that would be impractical or impossible to obtain experimentally, e.g. individual muscle forces. Also, multibody dynami...

Rapid design of innovative products and services using a proactive ergonomic approach In this case study, new product and service ideas are proposed to a client by using a prospective ergonomics approach. This approach differs from more traditional approaches where one works within a specific, client-defined project. The approach is designed and ad...

In this case study, new product and service ideas are proposed to a client by using a prospective ergonomics approach. This approach differs from more traditional approaches where one works within a specific, client-defined project. The approach is designed and adapted so that all steps could be conducted within a short period of time and can provi...

Accreditation standards entail continual improvement processes (CIP): i. to assess program outcomes in terms of graduate attributes, and ii. to apply the collated results to amend the program. CIPs closed loops fuse data from many courses. This stretches course-oriented evaluation practices beyond their existing capabilities. Specific subject matte...

In this case study, designers proactively proposed new product ideas to a client by using an ergonomic approach. This approach differs from a more traditional approach where one works within a specific, client-defined project. The methodology used included basic ergonomic techniques such as task analysis and information gathering sessions conducted...

MATI Montreal is a new inter-faculty research center, which focuses on the development of methodologies, tools and knowledge for the use and integration of information and communication technologies in sciences, engineering and management educational programs. Multidisciplinary projects at MATI Montreal are designed for strategic project-based teac...

Breakthrough products and services (e.g., iPhone, YouTube, Facebook) show us that products must do more than just "do the job". They must "do the job" in an overwhelming, industry transforming way to overtake competitors. What can we learn from these successes and how could this change the way we teach our students? How can students be prepared to...